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inequality in water usage. Design/methodology/approach Gini coefficients and Theil indices have been used to estimate the overall … inequality in domestic water use in a sample of 30 countries around the world. Along with Theil’s L (unweighted) index, liters … inequality in water use in accordance to the countries’ economic standing. Findings Domestic water use is high among the well …
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categorical imperative with deliberative ethics drawing on the writings of Habermas and Dewey. The journey through the European … themes in development ethics. These ideas are then given practical application in a case-study of the people …
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categorical imperative with deliberative ethics drawing on the writings of Habermas and Dewey. The journey through the European … themes in development ethics. These ideas are then given practical application in a case‐study of the people …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805373
illustrate this point the implications of utilitarian ethics for sustainability are contrasted with those of the ethics of care.  …Despite its now widespread use, the concept of sustainability remains ambiguous. Its varying definitions carry the … marks of the disciplines defining it. Sustainability as defined in economics is commonly conceptualized as economic …
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ethics can lead to sustainability or whether other ethical concepts are necessary to achieve a more compatible relationship …. Sustainability thus requires the expansions of welfare considerations to include the limits posed by the biophysical world within … which all economic activity takes place. This paper pursues the question how the concept of ethics generally accepted and …
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ethics and the existence of codes of conduct. There are geographic patterns in the quantity and detail of the information …
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combines economic and ethical analysis and includes discussions from the perspectives of both utilitarian ethics and rights …-based ethics, which is not usually done in the economics literature. …
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ethics are exploited to explain why transparency is unable to produce the expected effects. Findings – First, discourses on … philosophy which does not grant any space either for responsibility or for ethics and therefore, favours generalised amorality …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is threefold: conceptually, to demonstrate that ethical behavior is rational; theoretically, to illustrate that conscience can be readily incorporated into an expected utility framework; and empirically, to investigate whether conscience is an effective and...
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Purpose – This paper seeks to give an idea about the role of ethics and values in the Indian economy and business in … are used to analyze the contemporary situation. Findings – Ethics and values have guided the Indian economy and business … recognize and revive them after independence, ethics and noble values ceased to guide the economic and business systems. At the …
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